Michael Solomonov is the mul­ti­ple James Beard Foun­da­tion Award-win­ning chef behind Zahav, which won the 2019 James Beard Out­stand­ing Restau­rant award and was named an ​“essen­tial” restau­rant by Eater. He is the coau­thor of four cook­books: the James Beard Award-win­ning Zahav, Fed­er­al Donuts, Israeli Soul, and the forth­com­ing Zahav Home. He and busi­ness part­ner Steven Cook are the co-own­ers of the nation­al­ly beloved, trail­blaz­ing Philadel­phia hos­pi­tal­i­ty group, CookN­So­lo, respon­si­ble for hit restau­rants cel­e­brat­ing the vibrant cui­sine of Israeli: Dizen­goff, Fed­er­al Donuts, Goldie, K’Far Café, Laser Wolf, Lilah, and Zahav.